How about the hand writing? Could it be a "9" without a closed loop looking like a "7"? David DeGrella Tennessee, USA On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:03:26 -0700 (PDT) Luis Beal <luisbeal@yahoo.com> writes: > That is kinda odd that it was sent in 1969 and then has the 67 date. > No wonder you thought it was a phone number. I still think that is a > date, maybe it took him two years to mail it. Sounds like something > I would do!! > And, by the way, that was not a firestorm, it was a friendly > disagreement :^) > Luis Beal > > > tiamaria <tiamaria@frostdesign.com> wrote: > Wow- what a firestorm over a number :-) !!!! > > The message was on a postcard mailed from a friend visiting Lisbon > mailed in > June 1969. The entire message was: > > "Greetings from Lisbon. This is a very beautiful city. > > Pestana, Damiao Eleuterio > 3.3 Pc 1 Faial (L-1) or (6-1) > 5.03.67 > > You were right. He is in the phone book." > > (signed by my father's friend) > > > Thank you for checking the current directory for me. I suspected he > was > long gone but one never knows. > > Mary da Silva Frost > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRT-MADEIRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > "Not to know what happened before we were born is to remain > perpetually a child. > For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the > life of our ancestors." > Cicero, Roman orator > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and > 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRT-MADEIRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >